THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (La Montaña Sagrada)
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"Halfway through we're introduced to nine industrialists and politicians -- they narrate their heinous biographies in Godardian voiceover -- who embark up the title mountain to become immortal. Dude."
—Boston Globe
"Not even Buñuel with a brainful of Woodstock's bad brown acid could have made something this gloriously screwy."
—Time Out
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.
The Holy Mountain film was produced by Beatles manager Allen Klein of ABKCO Music and Records. John Lennon and Yoko Ono helped to finance the film.